Municipalities' liability for prop-
erty destroyed in riots, origin
of, 9.

Mylne feild, Boston, mentioned, 22.

Naticke, Mass., Indians of, and
sales of land, 13.

Newbury, Mass., warning out in,
59.

Newbury, Vt., practice of warning
out new-comers, 111.
New-comers to new towns, usually
warned out as a caution, 46-62,

119, 120, and passim.
New England: admission of in-
habitants, 18; first record of
warning out in, 23; origin of
land titles in, 10-17; original
dimensions of, 16; poor laws
the outgrowth of the warning
out statutes, 120; right and ob-
ligations of inhabitancy, 4-9;
right of exclusion from, exercised
in the colonies, 10; settlers fol-
low custom of English affairs,
8; warning out, examples of
and reasons for, 1-4, 8.
Newfoundland, settlement at
(1522), 15; taken possession
of by Gilbert, 15.
New France, 15.

New Hampshire: first warning
out Act (1718), 89; inhabitancy
and warning out in, 88-98, 115;
royal province of, and land titles,
14; Settlement Act (1796), 115.
New Haven, Conn., admission to
and inhabitancy in, 86, 87.
New Plymouth, Colony of, see
Plymouth Colony.
Newport, R.I., order as to sale of

land, etc., by General Court, 100.
Newtowne, see Cambridge.
Northampton, Mass. (1672), and
land titles, 13.
Norton, Francis, admitted, 29.

Painter, Thomas, 21.
Palmer, John, carpenter, 22.
Pane, Mr. ——————, of Concord, 21.
Parish, becomes the poor-law

unit, 7, 8; original function of,
6, 7: revival of importance of
(1601), 8.

Parker, Jonathan, Jr., constable of
Rindge, N.H., 97.

Parker, Richard, merchant, ad-
mitted, 21.

Patch, Samuel, 58.

Pawtuxet River, R.I., 99.
Peacepledge, meaning of, 5, 6.
Pease, John, bondsman, 24.
Peculiar, 49, 54; meaning of, 49,
note *.

Penobscot, Me., warning out
in, 103.

Pequot territory, 13.
Perry, Arthure, 22.

Peterboro, N.H., warning out in, 96.
Pighogg, a Chururgeon, admitted,

23.

Pingree, Eben, selectman of Little-
ton, N.H., 96.

Pittman, Richard, first_person
warned out in New England
(1656), 23.

Plum, John, and Mercy Chub, his
daughter, 42.

Plymouth Colony and town: and

land grants, 14; charter granted
by Charles I (1629), 17; early
colony laws as to inhabitancy,
53-55; first warning out law
(1671), 54; franchise in, 8;
inhabitancy conditions in, 37,
38, 44.

Poland, Margaret, widow, 58.
Poor law in England, the first
great (1601), 8.

Poor laws in New England, origin
of, 120.

Poor relief in colonial New Eng-
land, 118, 119; in mediæval
England, 7, 8.
Pope, John, 41.

Providence, R.I., compact for the
establishment of, 99, 100.
Province of New Hampshire, see
New Hampshire.
Prudential men= the selectmen, 48.
Pryor, Daniel, of Tewksbury, warns
himself out, 59.

Pulsipher, Sam'l W., selectman
of Rockingham, Vt., 2.

Raleigh, Sir Walter, first to occupy
Virginia, 15, 16.

Rand, Goodman, admitted, 29.
Rawlings, Richard, a plasterer,
20.

Read, Elijah, constable at Rock-
ingham, Vt., 113.

Reade, Esdras, taylor, 21.
Reading, Mass. (1691), cases of
warning out in, 57.

Reasons for warning out sum-
marized, 118.

Restraint upon alienation of land,
18, 19.

Revolutionary War causes greater

stringency as to warning out,
56 foll., 62, 73, 94, 98, 101, 103,
111.

Rhode Island: and Indian land
titles, 13; early colony and state
laws as to inhabitancy and warn-
ing out, 99-101; history of land
titles in, 11, 12; inhabitancy,
relief of poor, town settlement,
etc., 99-101; warning out never
authorized by statute, 115.
Rice, Merrick, warned out, 3.
Rindge, N.H., warning out in, 96.
Rise, Isack, and Nehimia Rise, 85.
Rix, widow, refused inhabi-

tancy, 86.
Robbe, Alexr., selectman of Peter-
boro, N.H., 96.
Robbins, James, 61.

Roberson, Daniel, warned out, 103.
Robert, Earl of Warwick, 16, 17.
Roberts, Henery, warned out, 41.
Rockingham, Vt., warning out in,
2, 112.

Roff, Daniel, and family, warned.
out, 61.

Rosewell, Sir Henry, charter mem-
ber of the Massachusetts Bay
Colony, 17.

Ross, Hannah, caution entered
against, 61.

Rourk, Martin, town clerk of
Durham, Me., 104.

Rowley, Mass., inhabitancy and
warning out in, 36.

Roxbury, Mass., warning out in,
38.
Russian communities and restraint
of alienation of lands, 18.

Saco, Me., inhabitancy and warn-
ing out in, 34, 35.

Salem, Mass., inhabitancy and
warning out in, 32, 36; cases of
warning out in 1679 and 1695, 56.
Saltonstall, Sir Richard, charter
member of the Massachusetts
Bay Colony, 17.

Sampson, Elizabeth, widow, of
Harvard, Mass., 61.

Sandwich, warning out in, 37.
Sanford, Me., warning out in, 102.
Sanfurd, Richard, 24.

Saunders, Silvester, 22.
Saunders,

a booke-bynder, 20.
Scituate, Mass., inhabitancy and
warning out in, 26.

Seaberry, John, a seaman, ad-
mitted, 22.

Seaborne, John, a taylor, admitted,
21.

Searle, Phillip, 41.

Security, admission upon, 23, 87,
and passim; bond of, ordinarily
twenty pounds, 25.

Settlement Act: in Connecticut
(1796), 74-80, 115; and pro-
visions of Act now in force, 82;
Maine (1821), and its provisions
differing from the Massachu-
setts Act, 104, 105, 115; Massa-
chusetts (1793), 52, 53, 55, 114;
New Hampshire (1796), 115;
Vermont, (1817), 113, 115.
Seward, Richard, admitted, 24.
Shepard, Amos, selectman of Al-
stead, N.H., 2.

Sherman, Philip, 20.

Sled, John, and wife, warned out,
84.

Smith, Jeremiah, warned out, 103.
Smith, Quince, 28.

Smith, Ralph, admitted, 29.

Snellen, —, Dr., of Boston, 42.
Snow, Johanna, caution entered

against, 60.

Sowers, Roger, 23.
Spencer, Jarrad, 83, 84.
Spencer, Roger, 34, 35.

Sprague, Hon. John, and family,
warned out, 2, 3, 56.
Springfield, Mass., admission to
inhabitancy and entertainment
of strangers under strict control,
27, 28.

Squakeage, village of, 13.
Stackpole, John, warned out, 103.
Stearns, Ezra S., historian, state-
ment by, 97.

Stedman, John, bondsman, 84.
Stedman, William, warned out, 3.
Steuens, child of Mr.

ton, 43.

of Bos-

Stockbridge, Hannah, caution en-
tered against, 61.

Stone, Abigail, of Woburn, 61.
Storer, Richard, admitted, 22.
Strangers: entertainment of stran-
gers under strict control, 23-45
and passim; laws of General
Court of Massachusetts as to
admission of, 46-63; to be re-
ported to selectmen within 8
days, 22, 23, and passim.
Sturbridge, Mass., 60.

Sudbury, Mass., warning out in,
57, 58.

Summary of reasons for warning

out, 118-121.
Sumner, William, 40.

Surety, admission upon, see Se-
curity, admission upon.
Sutton, town of, 60.

outh, 41.

Tinge, Mr.

constable at Plym-

20.
Tingle, Paletiah, warned out, 102.
Tithings, meaning and significance
of Old English, 6.

Torrey, Ebenezer, and family,
warned out, 2, 3.

Town, as defined by Blackstone,
Coke, and others, 7.

Town vote avoids effect of warning
out, 116.

Towns, right of, to warn out recog-
nized by the Articles of Confed-
eration (1672), 49.

Townsman and inhabitant, inter-
changeable terms, 21.

Tubbs, Zebulen, his wife Esther,
and children, 56.

Turner, Ezekiel, of Freeport,
warned out, 103.

Value of warning out records, 117,
118.

Vermont: early colony and state
laws as to inhabitancy and warn-
ing out, 106-110; first warning
out Act in (1787), 106, 107;
Settlement Act (1817), 111, 113,
115; town settlement, inhabi-
tancy, relief of poor, and warning
out, 106-113.

Vining, Benjamin, constable at
Durham, Me., 103, 104.
Virginia, early history of colonial,
15, 16.

Voting privilege in Massachusetts
Colony, 8, 9.

Waite, Abigail, warned out, 45.
Wales, Joseph, warned out, 3.
Wallingford, Conn., order as to
admission, sales, etc., 84, 85.
Walpole, N.H., warning out in, 98.
Warning out: avoidance of effect
of, by town vote, 116, 117; fees

to town officers for, 111, 112;
first record of, in New England,
23; historic basis of, 5; Indian
wars and, 50; length of time
of effectiveness of, 114-116,
120; never authorized by statute
in Rhode Island, 115, 116; not
provided by statute in State of
Maine, 104, 105; notices of
great importance for family and
town history, 117, 118; reasons
for, summarized, 118-121; Rev-
olutionary War and, 56 foll., 62,
73, 94, 98, 101, 103, 111; right
of towns to, recognized by Arti-
cles of Confederation, 49; Settle-
ment Acts as to, 52, 53, 55, 74–
86, 104, 105, 113-115; value of
records of, 117, 118; wording

of the returns of the warrants
of, not uniform, 60.
Warning out in, Boston, 19-26;
Connecticut, 63-87; Maine,
101-106; Massachusetts, 26–53;
New England, 1-17; New Hamp-
shire, 88-98; Plymouth, 44-62;
Rhode Island, 99-101; Teu-
tonic townships, 5; Vermont,
106-113.

Warrants of warning out, wording
of the returns of the, not uni-
form, 60.

Warwick, Robert, Earl of, 16, 17.
Watters, Good", fined, 23.
Watertown, Mass., inhabitancy
and warning out in, 33.

Way, Aron, 24.

Way, Richard, admitted, 24.
Wealth, average of, prior to 1800,
120, 121.

Web, Jno., ensigne, 24.
Weeks, Joseph, 43.

Wenbourne, William, 23.
Wenham, Mass., warning out in,

58.

Weymouth, Mass., inhabitancy and
warning out in, 34.
Wheelwright and the Antinomians
proceeded against, 47, 48.
Whipping in public, a punishment
for disobeying notice of warning
out, 66, 69-72, 76, 95 and passim;
repealed in Connecticut, 80, 81.
Whittemore, Abigail, widow, 61.
Whittemore, Nathaniel, 61.
William, Viscount Say and Seal, 17.
Williams, Roger, 13, 99.
Williams, Thos, town clerk of
Deerfield, Mass., 56.
Willson, Mr. Jno., senr., 24.
Wilson, Jacob, 21.

Windsor, Conn., 85.

Winthrop, John, first governor of
Massachusetts, mentioned, 19.
Winthrop, John, the younger, sur-
geon at New Haven, Conn., and
governor of the colony, 87.
Woburn, Mass., inhabitancy and
warning out in, 26.

Wood, David, selectman of Rock-
ingham, Vt., 113.
Wood, John, fined, 28.
Wo(o)dard, Nathaneell, admitted,
23.

Woodbury, Conn., fundamental
articles of agreement, 86.
Worcester County, Mass., returns
of warning out from the different
towns of, 59, 60.

Wright, Richard, fined, 21.